[Fall Seminar] Yves Engler on "The Ugly Canadian"

The CSRC presents…

"The Ugly Canadian: Stephen Harper's Foreign Policy" - a talk by Yves Engler.

That's right! Yves Engler will be speaking at Carleton University in an seminar organized by the Critical Social Research Collaborative. 

Details:

The seminar will begin at 2:45pm, on Tuesday, November 27th.

Location: Room A220, Loeb Building, Carleton University

All Welcome! This is a Free Event

Coffee and Light Snacks will be provided

SEE POSTER HERE

Check out Yves' website: http://yvesengler.com/

General Assembly!

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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
CARLETON GENERAL ASSEMBLY
MARCH 26, 11:30 - TORY 447
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At the end of March, the Carleton Board of Governors will be meeting to review President Runte’s performance and approve a budget for the coming fiscal year.  Unfortunately, they did not remember to invite us, so we have decided to have our own meeting on March 26, open to everyone, where we can make our own decisions.


Over the past four years, university administrators have demonstrated their lack of accountability and failure to include students, faculty and staff in the decision-making process on campus in countless ways, through:


Attempts to privatize important university services, such as English-as-second-language programs (Navitas);
The curtailing of freedom of expression on campus through the banning of posters by student groups (Students Against Israeli Apartheid)
The refusal to consult with the campus community in implementing sexual assault support services;
The attempts to curtail the autonomy of graduate and undergraduate student associations through unprecedented monitoring of financial records;
The current wage clawbacks on teaching assistants due to an administrative accounting error.


In response to this, and drawing inspiration from similar struggles taking place all over the world, we have decided to organize a General Assembly (GA) on March 26 at 11:30.  The GA is both an event, providing the opportunity for key stakeholders on campus to come together in setting priorities, and a governing body which aims to facilitate the self-governance and collective action of all members of the Carleton community who oppose the University’s undemocratic governance, including students, workers, and faculty in directly democratic decision making on campus.  Each member has equal voice and vote.  The goal of the GA is to enact the will of its members in order to uphold Carleton’s societal responsibility to be a public institution that resists corporatization and promotes equity, accessibility, and social and environmental justice.


Come out and have your say on how the university should be run!


For more information on the Carleton General Assembly or to get involved, please email precariousuniversity@gmail.com.


Or visit us on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/#!/events/368881019813120/

Announcement! VOTE in the Divestment Referendum

[The CSRC Executive Committee has endorsed the following announcement from a fellow student group on campus, Students Against Israeli Apartheid]

Dear CSRC member,

This Wed. March 21 and Thurs. March 22, the Graduate Students' Association will be holding its annual general elections and referendum questions. We encourage all graduate students to go out and vote! 

Workers and students should have a voice in how our university is run. For several years, members of the campus community have called on the Board of Governors to divest, via its pension fund, from companies complicit in illegal military occupation and other violations of international law. Currently, the university is investing in such corporations as: Northrop Grumman, BAE Systems, Motorola and TESCO Supermarkets. 

Northrop Grumman and BAE Systems produce military weaponry and profit off of war.

TESCO Supermarkets sell goods from illegal Israeli settlements established in the occupied Palestinian territories, contrary to Article 49 (6) of the IV Geneva Convention, and to the economic detriment of the Palestinian people. 

Motorola provides the Israeli military with equipment that has been used to commit war crimes. Its products contribute to the construction and maintenance of the wall, unlawful settlements, and military checkpoints. All these have been deemed illegal under international law. 

Let's send a strong message to the administration, and demand that it divest from illegal military occupation! 

DON'T FORGET TO VOTE IN THIS REFERENDUM - TODAY OR TOMORROW!